Imp rtant Books and Documents In
Tem ntenary Exhibition at Library
American Jewish Archives,
YIVO Provide Many Works
Rabbi Fram
Rabbi Wo hlgelernter
- Collections of the most impor-
tant books on Jewish historj
will be on display at the Public
Library for an entire month, on
the occasion of the inaugura-
tion of Tercentenary Month—
Sept. 20-Oct. 20—proclaimed by
Mayor Albert E. Cobo and Gov-
aTnor G. Mennen Williams.
The Library Exhibition will
Open formally at 8:30 p.m., Mon-
day, with Librarian Ralph A.
Ulveling, a member of the D
troit Library Commission, Rab -
bis Leon Fram, Morris .Adler
and Max J. Wohlgelernter and
officers of the Detroit Commit-
tee of 300 for the American Jew-
ish Tercentenary as participants.
The entire community is
invited to attend the initial
program Monday evening and
to attend the Book Exhibit
during the month of its show-
ing. .
The major items on display—
in addition to books being gath-
ered by local leaders—will be a
collection of important Yiddish
books being provided_ by YIVO
(Yiddish Scientific Institute) of
New York and a collection that
has been selected by the Ameri-
can Jewish Archives of Hebrew
Union College.
Dr. Jacob R. Marcus, noted
historian: director of American
Jewish Archives,
has collected
books dealing
with the Civil
War and Colo-
nial periods for
the Exhibit.
Irving I. Katz,
Who heads the
exhibits com-
mittee for the
Tercentenary
with Charles E
Feinberg, is su - Dr. Marcus
pervising arrangements for the
Book Exhibit. The Yiddish Book
Committee consists of Joseph
Bernstein, Samuel Sigal, Ezra
Korman, M. Goldtoftas and Mo •
she Haar. The Hebrew BooK
Committee is composed of Ber-
nard Isaacs, M. Michlin and
Morris Noble. Elliott Schwartz
is assisting in gathering school
textbook material.
'Jewish Life and Cuitu're'
Exhibition at Museum
Meanwhile the Exhibit "Jewish
Life and Culture in Detroit" will
continue at the Detroit Historic-
al Museum, Woodward and Kir-
by/ until Jan. 12.
Meeting rooms are being pro-
vided by the Museum for or -
ganizations desiring to conduct
special programs and to tour
the Exhibit and the Museum.
The Museum is open from 1 to
10 p.m. daily and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
on Saturdays. It is closed on
Mondays.
Officers and directors of the
Museum have announced that
. invitations to see the Jewish
Tercentenary Exhibit will be
sent to all Christian Sunday
Schools and to other non-
Jewish groups.
The Passover table at the Ex-
hibit was, prepared by Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Weiss of Congregation
$nai M o s h e. Mr. and Mrs.
Caarles H. Charlip a•Adas Sha-
Rabbi Adler
lom Synagogue prepared the
Sabbath table.
Abraham Kastenbaum and Ir-
win Shaw of the Jewish Com-
munity • Center were assisted in
gathering some of the Exhibi-
tion m a t -e r i a 1 by Miss Janet
Olender, Librarian of Shaarey
Zedek. The Museum's building
superintendents, Ben Redunis
and Wallace Marriott, were
helpful in all arrangements.
Hostesses who assisted at the
refreshments table at a preview
Saturday night and during the
formal opening on Sunday, at
the Museum, included the MiSses
Judith Heyman and Janet Olen-
der and Mesdames Lewis B.
Daniels, Carmi Slomovitz, Wil-
liam B. Isenberg, Samuel N.
Heyman, Albert Prag and Morris
Adler.
_ Henry Littman, Department
Commander of the Jewish War
Veterans, was named this week
as chairman of a special Com-
mittee on Military Participa-
tion in plans for the Tercen-
tenary. The JWV of Michigan
are planning events relating
to Jewish participation in the
wars of the United States in
connection with the Tercen-
tenary.
Allen Warsen, who is in charge
of programming for organiza-
tions, also has been named
chairman of a speakers' bureau,
and Joseph Edelman of the
Jewish Community. Council staff
was chosen executive director
for this division.
Special events will be planned
for the landsmanshaften and
the Yiddish-speaking groups
by a committee consisting of
Joseph Bernstein, Samuel Si-
gal and Zvi Tomkiewicz.
A
public meeting with a nation-
ally prominent speaker will be
arranged by this committee.
Julius Chajes, Karl Haas and
Jason Tickton were added to the
personnel of the music com-
mittee.
32—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 17, 1954
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Several of the panels that form the Detroit Historical Museum Exhibition "Jewish Life
and Culture in Detroit." In the second panel from the top are, from the left ; ABRAHAM
KASTENBAUM of the Jewsh Community Center staff, who has assisted in gathering the
material; ROBERT E. LEE, preparator of the Museum, and IRVING I. KATZ, associate
chairman of the Tercentenary Committee on Exhibits. **
An Invitation to the Community:
THE TERCENTENARY STORY
2. Early Exporations in the New World
Text by DANIEL ELAZAR
Copyright, 1954, by American Jewish Preai
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